Satanas
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Santanas |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1920 |
| length | 126 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau |
| script | Robert Wiene |
| camera |
Karl Freund Carl Hoffmann Robert Baberske |
| occupation | |
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Satanas is a dramatic silent film by FW Murnau from the year 1920. The film is considered lost , but some illustrations for the film courier and a three-minute fragment of the film exist in a Spanish film archive. This shows a scene in which Pharaoh Amenhotep (played by Fritz Kortner ) and Nouri (played by Sadjah Gezza ) are lying on a couch. Nouri has her head on Amenhotep's lap and they both seem to be talking to each other.
action
The film is divided into 3 episodes:
1st episode
The first episode, entitled The Tyrant, takes place in ancient Egypt during the time of the pharaohs. The pharaoh Amenhotep falls in love with his harpist Nouri and puts her in a more influential position. She now manages to put her beloved Jorab in the service of the Pharaoh. Jorab, however, falls in love with one of the Pharaoh's wives, who, it turns out, happened to save Nouri's mother from being stoned. As a result, Nouri vacillates between jealousy and recognition. The Pharaoh recognizes adultery, sentences his wife to death and puts Nouri in her position and restores her honor.
2nd episode
The 2nd part “The Prince. Lucrezia Borgias Tod “ is an adaptation by Victor Hugos Lucrèce Borgia .
3rd episode
Episode 3 with the title The Dictator, The Fall of a People's Tribune takes place in 1917. The law student Hans is in Zurich during the outbreak of the February Revolution and very soon becomes the leader of the revolutionaries. He is against brutality, but is transforming his group into an increasingly violent regime through his obsession with power. When his friend Irene tries to kill him, he has to give the order to execute her. His influencing comrade and loyal companion Grodski despises him for having valued him as a great hero, whereas Hans sees Grodski as the devil (Satan).
background
The production company was Viktoria-Film-Co mbH Berlin. The costumes were designed by Robert Wiene , the buildings by Ernst Stern . The shooting took place in August and September 1919 in the Bioscop studio in Neubabelsberg. It had a length of six files at 2,561 meters, about 126 minutes. The censorship took place in January 1920. The Berlin police issued him a youth ban (No. 43711), the Reich Film Censorship renewed this ban on December 13, 1920 (No. 811). The world premiere was on January 30, 1920 at the Richard-Oswald-Lichtspiele in Berlin.
Web links
- Satanas at filmportal.de
- Satanas at The German Early Cinema Database
- Satan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fragment on YouTube
- ↑ Satanas at lost-films.eu
- ↑ Satanas ( Memento of the original from April 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at Murnauesellschaft
- ↑ Film length calculator , frame rate : 18
